Connex Education Launches first education specific RPO solution

Connex Education one of the UKís fastest growing Education agencies (according to the Sunday Times Fast Track) has today launched what it believes to be the UKís first and only Education specific RPO offering with itís Vendor Neutral VMS (Vendor managed solution).

Commenting on the launch Mark Beedles Managing Director commented ìOver the last few years we have seen a massive growth in RPO (Recruitment Process outsourcing) especially within the Public sector; however we have seen a number of spectacular failures within the Education sector. The standard model simply does not workî

Connex have spent the last 12 months in research and development. Mark Beedles explains ìThe problem with the standard RPO model is that it does not work for all parties, in fact in some cases none of the partiesî he went on ìWe decided to take a step back from what was being done, and look at what was and was not working, from there we built our model and systems around this.î

Connexís approach has been to develop a collaborative model that works for and with all parties, making the transaction as easy and simple to use as possible, whilst offering client savings and margin maintenance for the agency partners.

Mark Beedles commented ìThe flaw in the traditional model is that it is imposed on both agencies and users alike which has caused resentment in a number of areasî he continued ìThe education market is indeed different, because we are dealing with the education and protection of children. Personal relationships with candidates and clients alike are paramount and form the cornerstone of everything we as agents do, it is for this reason we have developed our model in this wayî

Connex have said the reception from client so far has been extremely positive. Mark Beedles commented ìalthough early days, clients seem to love the idea, we will now push on with this and hopefully have a trail up and running soonî